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Category: Fruit
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#Napowrimo #icecream #sundae Served up after dinner – I wait Up to now i’ve been content – sat in the blast chiller Next thing i know i’m served up to the crowd Digging into my scoops of strawberry, banana and chocolate And Mining deep down the bottom of my glass for the brownie bits Each…
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#FOWC #Describe Definition everybody’s challenge – tell me about that strawberry that’s sitting on the plate could it be more luscious and red? if you could what else would you tell me built for the perfect pavlova ? – or just the berry to be enjoyed in a fruit salad
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#fruit #tree #pie #San-San Growing against the stone tudor wall hanging fruit ripens for the pie coming from the tree but once a season the fruit answers the cooks call as over the garden young birds do fly could this be why its baked with haste there could be no other plausible reason to deprive…
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#coloryourworld #cyw #fruit #banana #yellow Born out of a tree A yellow skinned treat Nice between two slices of bread Also appreciated by young uns in a cake of some sort Note though whether in a cake or not – they’re great with custard A note of caution – don’t eat the peel – they’re…
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#cyw #atomic #tangerine #fruit A sensation Thats what i guess you would call it Out of the fruit Many segments of zingy fruit In a haphazard Circular formation Tangy on the tongue as you bite on the segments navigating your way to the juice great explosions as the segments empty their flavoured cargo round the…
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#CYW #Apricot A fruit smaller than its cousin, the peach people say its not as hairy, but tasty nevertheless reactions – some say its just right – others say wheres the rest of it ? its nice on its own, or in a yoghurt or even with cereal craziest thing of all – you can…
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#wordpressprompts #fruit #food #core #acrostic Call it what you will – but its vital to the life cycle of an apple Out of the fruit and thrown away – there is no tree Rotten fruit on the grass turning to mush Exceptions come when you’re eating – the middle bit doesnt taste nice
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#CYW #Yellow-orange Someone’s been mixing up the citrus again the orange juice looks that little more…. what’s the word ? Zingy ? and that’s before you took the cap off the bottle Lifting the lid gives you a clue to the origin of the brighter orange there’s a zip of lemon, and the zest of…
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#CYW #Yellow-green A pair of most confused fruit hung from the citrus tree the gardeners couldn’t decide if they were lemons or limes you see as they were growing it was clear as can be two little green limes – hanging off the tree but soon there was change and sunshine appeared as the limes…
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#holidays #citrus #oranges #icecream It’s funny you know Nearly every single orange you buy – comes from Spain and yet, when you go on holiday there you find ’em ready – squeezed to be delivered for breakfast in a glass and hiding away in a fridge now if you time it right – you can…
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